The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-28
THE MARYLAND SITUATION,
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Probabilities That tho State Will Gu Repub.
wi lIcan-EAir Count Wanted.

4 lcan-Fair Count Wanted. (.
PlrrsBvsaH, Pa, Sept. GA Washing.
ton special says: There is Imore daylight
on the political horizon for the Republi.
cans Of Maryland than there has been at
any time since they met their Waterloo in
1867. For twenty years German and his
gang have ruled the State. Their ruling
has been 80 arbitrary and their methods
SO disgusting that at last the respectable
element in the Democracy of Maryland
has determined to cast of the incum her,
German, with ell that that name implies.
No one can have an idea OF the stencil
which arises from the corruption in Ma-
ryland politics. Thieves, cut.throa.s, lsil
birds aud ballot.bo1 suffers absolutely
rule everything, There has not bseu an
honest election in Baltimore for fifteen
years, but th!s year the citizans arc deter
mined that there shall be fair vote and
and an honest count. A few months
ago a reform league was organized and
money subscribed to Danish the trick
asers who have controlled the elec.
tions in tho paet. This move
ment has been tostered and aided by al-
most the entire Baltimore bar, and within
the ranka Of the independents are the
leading Democratic b7sinees men Of the
Monumental City. Among the names Of
the most prominent are bankers, mer-
chants, ship owners, and, in fact, reapect-
able busineea men Of all classes. They
have succeeded in conyicting not less
than ten Of the mon who have raped the
ballot boxes, and they have great many
more under Indictment. German and hio
henehmen-for German is all powerful in
the State Of Maryland-haye but 10 q
State ticket OF respectable tigureheads, but
the platform upon which theee dummieB
are to make their fight is entirely at vari-
snce with the views OF the citizsns OF
Maryland, Who are anxious for clean poll.
tics. The German faction refuses to pay
attention to the warning OF the better
element Of the Democratic party, and as
result the leaders Of the independent
movement informed the Republicans that
II they would nominate clean men and
adopt q platform such as WAS desired.
which ahould give pledge that an cleo.
tlon law based on that in operation in New
York, should be the first legislation act
they would vote for and support the ticket,
The Republicans complied with the re.
quest Of the Independents and tho result
is that the latter promise that the ticket
shall be elected. The correspond.
ent spent several hours in Baltimore yes.
terday looking into the situation. He saw
twenty or thirty OF the leading Iudepend.
ent Democrats and was assured by them
that there will be at least eight thousand
votes, usually Democratic, cast for the Re-
publican ticket In Baltimore alone. As
tho Democratic majority in that city does
not exceed sixty.iiye hundred, ut the
least, 1t will readily bs seen that If the
independents can keep their promise they
have only to secure account OF the vote to in.
sure tina election Of the entire Republican
ticket. Mr.. William M. Msrbury, q lead
ing member of the Baltimore bar, who
has been Democrat all his life, voiced
tho sentiment OF tho Independent party
when he stated that an attempt to samper
with the ballots OF the Independents this
year woald certainly lead to bloodshed, aa
each and every man among them is de-
termined that the ballots shall bs counted.